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It makes you feel good, and we’re very thankful,” Steve Nash said about the face transplant. “It’s brought my sister to a better quality of life.

#Woman attacked by chimpanzee face install#

She also has only a top row of teeth and doctors are planning to install a lower row soon, he said. Nash’s brother, Steve Nash, told The Associated Press that his sister has maintained a positive outlook since the mauling, and the family hopes she can get the double hand transplant in about six months. Nash’s family is suing the estate of the chimpanzee’s owner, Sandra Herold, for $50 million and wants to sue the state for $150 million, claiming officials failed to prevent the attack. “This has really given my mom the hope to move forward, a chance at a life again.” “What they’ve done for us is just so amazing,” she said. Nash said she’s hoping to attempt another double hand transplant one day.Īsked by “Today” what she would say to the donor’s family, Nash’s daughter, Brianna, said she’d tell them how grateful she is.

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It was the third full face transplant in the U.S.īut doctors later had to remove the hands because of complications that developed when Nash caught pneumonia. She received skin, underlying muscles, blood vessels, nerves, a hard palate and teeth from a dead person who hasn’t been named. In February 2009, Charla Nash was viciously mauled by Travis the Chimp, leaving her clinging to life and in need of a full face transplant. In late May, she underwent a full face and double hand transplant in Boston. “Today” also reported that Nash was able to eat eggs with cream cheese after the transplant - the first solid food she’s had since the attack. The show aired footage of Nash in a hospital bed, nodding to visitors, her face smooth and features appearing nearly normal. I am tremendously grateful to the donor and her family.” I will be able to kiss and hug loved ones. I will have lips and will speak clearly once again.

The photos of Nash were first shown on NBC. “I will now be able to do things I once took for granted,” Nash said in the statement. 11, 2011 - The new face of Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee two years ago, was revealed for the first time today. In a statement released by the hospital, Nash thanked all the doctors, nurses and other medical experts who helped her over the past two years. Nash, 57, didn’t appear on “Today” because relatives said she was too weak to do an interview. They were later released by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where she had face transplant surgery in May. The pictures of Charla Nash were first shown on NBC’s “Today” show and in Hearst Connecticut Newspapers on Thursday morning. (AP) - The new face of a Connecticut woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee two years ago was revealed for the first time Thursday in photos showing a startling transformation.